[PATCHv2] rtc: pcf8563: fix uninitialized use warning
Sergei Shtylyov
sergei.shtylyov at cogentembedded.com
Mon Sep 8 08:43:44 PDT 2014
On 9/8/2014 7:26 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> gcc-4.9 found a potential condition under which the 'pending'
> variable may be used uninitialized:
> drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c: In function 'pcf8563_irq':
> drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf8563.c:173:5: warning: 'pending' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
> This is because in the pcf8563_get_alarm_mode() function, we
> check any nonzero return of pcf8563_read_block_data, but
> in the irq function we only check for negative values, so
> a possible positive value does not get detected if the compiler
> chooses not to inline the entire call chain.
> Checking for any non-zero value in the interrupt handler as well
> is just as correct and lets the compiler know what we are doing,
> without needing a bogus initialization.
> As pointed out by Sergei Shtylyov, the same code section contains
> another bug: an interrupt handler is not supposed to return
> an errno value. Let's fix this as well by returning IRQ_NONE
> in case of a communication error.
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
If you're fixing both issues in one patch, it probably needs somewhat
modified subject, like "rtc: pcf8356: fix error handling".
WBR, Sergei
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